Brittney Cooper

And to say that all of the things that actually made America that won the American century, it wasn't just that we were a world superpower and a military superpower after World War II. It was also that when we then had the upheavals of civil rights and black power,

And to say that all of the things that actually made America that won the American century, it wasn't just that we were a world superpower and a military superpower after World War II. It was also that when we then had the upheavals of civil rights and black power,

to a certain extent, we were able to assimilate some of the lessons and make space for the emergence of a Black political class, a Black professional class, some measure of integration. Now, a lot of that stuff gets pushed back even before we leave the 20th century, but you can see an appreciable difference

to a certain extent, we were able to assimilate some of the lessons and make space for the emergence of a Black political class, a Black professional class, some measure of integration. Now, a lot of that stuff gets pushed back even before we leave the 20th century, but you can see an appreciable difference

to a certain extent, we were able to assimilate some of the lessons and make space for the emergence of a Black political class, a Black professional class, some measure of integration. Now, a lot of that stuff gets pushed back even before we leave the 20th century, but you can see an appreciable difference

in the second half of the 20th century that you'd seen in any other time of the nation's history. And what this essentially did yesterday was to say that that project is dead.

in the second half of the 20th century that you'd seen in any other time of the nation's history. And what this essentially did yesterday was to say that that project is dead.

in the second half of the 20th century that you'd seen in any other time of the nation's history. And what this essentially did yesterday was to say that that project is dead.

And one of the things that's gonna be really hard for those of us who are over the age of 25 is that we have lived in a world where that project, and particularly the more progressive parts of it, have shaped our idea of the possible. And now all of it is gone away. And so we have to have some new idea of the possible. And we don't have a 21st century version of the possible beyond Barack Obama.

And one of the things that's gonna be really hard for those of us who are over the age of 25 is that we have lived in a world where that project, and particularly the more progressive parts of it, have shaped our idea of the possible. And now all of it is gone away. And so we have to have some new idea of the possible. And we don't have a 21st century version of the possible beyond Barack Obama.

And one of the things that's gonna be really hard for those of us who are over the age of 25 is that we have lived in a world where that project, and particularly the more progressive parts of it, have shaped our idea of the possible. And now all of it is gone away. And so we have to have some new idea of the possible. And we don't have a 21st century version of the possible beyond Barack Obama.

And I would say that, quite frankly, he's really just evidence of the long 20th century. I don't even know if his story fully belongs to the 21st century. And I know I'm being super wonky and academic or whatever, but I'm really just trying to say that these folks have killed effectively the parts of the 20th century that those of us who were progressive minded are proud of.

And I would say that, quite frankly, he's really just evidence of the long 20th century. I don't even know if his story fully belongs to the 21st century. And I know I'm being super wonky and academic or whatever, but I'm really just trying to say that these folks have killed effectively the parts of the 20th century that those of us who were progressive minded are proud of.

And I would say that, quite frankly, he's really just evidence of the long 20th century. I don't even know if his story fully belongs to the 21st century. And I know I'm being super wonky and academic or whatever, but I'm really just trying to say that these folks have killed effectively the parts of the 20th century that those of us who were progressive minded are proud of.

Like that when we're confronted as a country with the bad parts of ourselves, we're willing to try to use our systems to make them better. These guys have said, we don't want to do that anymore.

Like that when we're confronted as a country with the bad parts of ourselves, we're willing to try to use our systems to make them better. These guys have said, we don't want to do that anymore.

Like that when we're confronted as a country with the bad parts of ourselves, we're willing to try to use our systems to make them better. These guys have said, we don't want to do that anymore.

Yeah, it feels directional. And it's not just like, white women also have a history of having to be stalwart. Those first wave white ladies, those suffragists, Susan B. Anthony and Alice Paul and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Listen, I'm not saying they didn't have some problematic, you know, racial politics or whatever.

Yeah, it feels directional. And it's not just like, white women also have a history of having to be stalwart. Those first wave white ladies, those suffragists, Susan B. Anthony and Alice Paul and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Listen, I'm not saying they didn't have some problematic, you know, racial politics or whatever.

Yeah, it feels directional. And it's not just like, white women also have a history of having to be stalwart. Those first wave white ladies, those suffragists, Susan B. Anthony and Alice Paul and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Listen, I'm not saying they didn't have some problematic, you know, racial politics or whatever.